Instrumentation Engineer

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific's Consumer Products Division seeks an Instrumentation Engineer for the Wauna Paper Mill in Clatskanie, OR.

The role involves implementing mill-wide instrumentation projects and supporting the maintenance team.

Responsibilities include managing projects and will follow a process covering concept, design, installation, and optimization.

The role requires partnering with maintenance to ensure safe and efficient operation of instrumentation systems.

Our Team

For over 50 years, the Wauna Paper Mill has been a major part of the economic lifeblood of the region.

With more than 700 employees, Wauna strives to lead the tissue, towel and napkin business.

Our team recently invested more than $150 million to grow our brands and continue to serve our loyal consumers with the great quality they have come to expect.

Learn more by visiting our consumer products homepage.

What You Will Do


* Engage in continuous improvement initiatives for mill facilities and work processes, enhancing operational efficiency and supporting compliance, safety, quality, cost, and schedule objectives.


* Participate in safety assessments and investigations to uphold safety standards, mitigate risks, and ensure contractor safety and coordination during construction phases.


* Identify and integrate innovative instrumentation technologies to address common failure modes, and assist in selecting and maintaining appropriate reliability and performance metrics.


* Track equipment performance issues related to instrumentation, implementing long-term reliability and availability improvements to enhance system performance.


* Provide field support for engineering, construction, startup, and commissioning activities, ensuring successful implementation and operation of systems.


* Develop and review preventative maintenance tasks for electrical systems, establish appropriate frequencies to prevent failures, and perform root cause failure analysis to identify and resolve issues.


* Apply expertise in troubleshooting techniques and performance analysis to solve field problems, ensuring reliable measurement and control, while providing technical support for maintenance and operations teams.


* Collaborate with the maintenance team, vendors, and contractors for troubleshooting, repair/replacement, configuration, tuning, programming, testing, commissioning, and decommissioning of systems.


* Produce, review, and verify engineering design details to meet standards and manufacturing requirements, ensuring quality and compliance with industry standards.


* Assist in developing project scopes, deliverables, and execution strategies using the management of change process to effectively manage and implement projects.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Instrumentation engineering experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment.


* Experience implementing NFPA 70®, National Electrical Code® (NEC®).

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